“I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I’m all out of bubble gum” – Nada.
Sometimes when channel surfing late at night television occasionally comes through for me. They Live. An absolute classic. John Carpenter at his best.
Archive for July, 2004
They Live
July 31st, 2004Laziness book shocks French electricity company.
July 30th, 2004Well it is about time. Someone has codified my work practises of the last 5 years in the form of a book. Though I have graduated to being a consultant now – all care – no responsibility.
The unbearable lightness of being Bob
July 28th, 2004Bob The Builder – Can he bomb it? Yes he can…
I feel sorry for all the kids named Bob flying in the near future. Or indeed any kids with Bob The Builder fascinations – which must be almost every Australian child under 6. They get their packet of crayons and colouring book from the flight attendant, write their name (or the name of their construction company hero) on the book and next thing you know it is hello Camp Delta…
Fuck the Vote : Because Liberals are Hotter
July 26th, 2004
All of Mikey’s Stuff – 8 Year Old Gambled and Lost
July 24th, 2004Little Mikey’s dad is a hard-arse. Little Mikey decided to gamble on his gear and lost. Now it is all up for auction. The bid when I posted this was $44,444,444.00 million dollars. Apparently: “This auction might be cancelled if Mikey learns to understand the value of a dollar and hard work. For now, all of Mikey’s stuff will be auctioned off for the benefit of a little boy or girl who can appreciate it.”
Andrew Bolt is a fucktard
July 21st, 2004I’d like to say I can say something nice about Andrew Bolt because my mother always told me if you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all. But I can’t. He is a clueless fucktard. How he calls himself a journalist I don’t know. Basing his articles on the rantings of a right-wing nutjob, err sorry a right wing true believer. A nutjob who describes the Branch Davidians as an “unconventional religious group” and is the author of a book called “Guns: Who should have them?” (summary to save you the trouble of reading it – pretty much everyone – you know 2nd Amendment and all that y’all). Okay. Rationality and decent journalism have officially left the building.
Nicola Roxon replies (well some staffer replied but you get the idea)
July 21st, 2004Thank you for your correspondence with regard to the fate of the two Australian citizens, David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib held at Guantanamo Bay by the United States Government.
Federal Labor shares your concerns that these two men have now been imprisoned by the United States for more than two years with criminal charges only recently being laid against Mr Hicks, with Mr Habib yet to be charged. Detention for that length of time without charge is unacceptable.
Labor is gravely concerned that trial by US military commission will not afford a standard of justice to which Australian citizens are entitled. The trial will not be conducted before independent judges or magistrates. There are unwarranted restrictions on the capacity of an accused person to properly conduct their defence. A guilty verdict can be reached by two-thirds majority, as opposed to unanimity. Miscarriages of justice cannot be rectified by an independent appeals court. A guilty verdict can result in the death penalty being imposed. An acquittal does not necessarily guarantee the release of the accused person.
The Howard Government has displayed a hostile and almost indifferent approach to the fate and treatment of these two Australian citizens. The Attorney-General does not appear at all concerned at statements by Mr. Hicks’ military defence lawyer that the process established by the US Government will not deliver justice.
Labor believes that, whatever the allegations, every Australian should have the right to a fair trial. Australian citizens must not be imprisoned without charge. Serious allegations of involvement with terrorist organisations must be tested fairly and openly.
In addition to this Federal Labor supports tougher international action to stamp out torture and a Latham Labor Government will sign the new Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
This landmark treaty will combat torture and other inhuman treatment by establishing a global regime of UN inspections of prisons, detention centres and other places where people are deprived if their liberty.
Since it was opened for signature in February 2003, the Torture Protocol has been signed by 21 nations, including New Zealand and the United Kingdom, however, the Howard Government voted against the Torture Protocol at the UN and has since refused to sign it
I encourage you to write to the Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, urging the Government to ratify this important Protocol to provide a genuine contribution from Australia towards eradicating torture and other inhumane like practices.
Thank you again for raising this issue with me. I will continue to pursue this matter vigorously in Parliament and highlight the Government’s inept handling of the whole issue.
Yours sincerely,
Nicola Roxon MP
Shadow Attorney-General
Have some of The Kernel’s Extra Special Recipe
July 19th, 2004Some day’s kernel compilation really pisses me off. Today is one of them. Over and over again I have been testing some patches and updates. Fix one problem. Re-compile. Test. Fix another problem. Re-compile. Test. Find another problem. Shoot CPU right through the I in Intel.
Then is discover this and would you sodding know it? The .config file for a Red Hat kernel lives in /boot as config-version and you can sodding just copy it into the /usr/src/linux directory as .config and run make oldconfig! Damn me knowing this would have saved me some serious knuckled head and lower back pain.
Over my snark. Which is good.
Jay Long Studio-Fine Art
July 16th, 2004This is some damn fine art. Go look. Now. 
triple j’s Pixies petitions
July 15th, 2004Go sign it here! Anything to persuade them to come down under.
